"Neuroscientist Carl Hart on his new myth-busting book on drugs High Price, rethinking crack, and how growing up in one of Miami’s toughest neighbourhood has shaped his research.”
Jian Ghomeshi’s guest today, on his award winning CBC radio show Q, was neuroscientist Carl Hart. I found the interview at first troubling and then interesting. I have not read this book as I only heard about it today, so my comments are based on listening to the interview twice.
Carl Hart presented his assertions that not all those that use crack or crystal methamphetamine become drug addicted. This troubled me. Later in the interview he said that these drugs are powerful psycho active drugs and should be used with caution. There was much more discussion about legalizing all drugs vs decriminalizing all drugs. The difference between powdered cocaine and crack. Carl Hart also stated that he wanted to open an ‘adult discussion’ rather than using misinformation that he says is prevalent in drug education. Carl Hart’s concern was that policy shaped on the misinformation about drugs and addiction is often wrong. I found all of the discussion interesting.
I do agree that not all people who use any drugs, including alcohol and nicotine, become addicted to the substance they may use. My personal opinion is that the addictive substance itself is not the problem until it enters the human body. The interface that occurs at that time has potential to create a great many problems. How to prevent that is very individual. If addiction occurs, the problem mushrooms.
The opinions surrounding this topic of addiction, addictive or habit forming substances and the body makeups that drive active addiction are many and varied. They prick through many levels of all societies.
The interview can be found at: Q with Jian Ghomeshi
Click on the link: Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Re-thinking Crack
“Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that
they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.”
~ Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
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